Gracia Burnham in Auckland

Gracia Burnham is the author of the New York Times bestselling book In the Presence of My Enemies, author of the book To Fly Again, and founder of the Martin and Gracia Burnham Foundation.

Gracia Burnham knows what it is like to have life spin out of control. While serving as missionaries in the Philippines with NTM (now known as Ethnos), Gracia and her husband Martin were kidnapped by terrorists and spent the next 13 months as hostages in the Philippine jungle.

On June 7, 2002 captivity ended for the two in a violent rescue that left Martin Burnham dead and Gracia wounded. Their story of faith in the midst of terror and tragedy is known to millions.